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Henryk Wieniawski

1835 - 1880

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Henryk Wieniawski (pronounced [vʲɛˈɲafskʲi] ; 10 July 1835 – 31 March 1880) was a Polish virtuoso violinist, composer, and pedagogue, who is regarded amongst the most distinguished violinists in history. His younger brother Józef Wieniawski and nephew Adam Tadeusz Wieniawski were also accomplished musicians, as was his daughter Régine, who became a naturalised British subject upon marrying into the peerage and wrote music under the name Poldowski. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henryk Wieniawski is the 99th most popular musician (up from 111th in 2019), the 108th most popular biography from Poland (up from 129th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Polish Musician.

Henryk Wieniawski was a Polish violinist and composer, who is most famous for his Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 22.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Henryk Wieniawski ranks 99 out of 3,175. Before him are Israel Kamakawiwoʻole, Dave Grohl, Cosima Wagner, Sia, Avicii, and Alice Cooper. After him are Richard Wright, Richard Hughes, Lou Reed, Ice-T, João Gilberto, and Dave Murray.

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Among people born in 1835, Henryk Wieniawski ranks 14. Before him are Josef Stefan, Giovanni Schiaparelli, Giosuè Carducci, Andrew Carnegie, Demetrius Vikelas, and Samuel Butler. After him are César Cui, Eduard Strauss, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Fukuzawa Yukichi, William Stanley Jevons, and Nikolai Rubinstein. Among people deceased in 1880, Henryk Wieniawski ranks 5. Before him are Gustave Flaubert, Jacques Offenbach, William Lassell, and Maria Alexandrovna. After him are George Eliot, Paul Broca, Emperor Norton, Michel Chasles, Ned Kelly, Anselm Feuerbach, and James Craig Watson.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Henryk Wieniawski ranks 108 out of 1,694. Before him are Egon Krenz (1937), Günter Blobel (1936), Osip Mandelstam (1891), Catherine Jagiellon (1526), Marie Walewska (1786), and Georg Forster (1754). After him are Dziga Vertov (1896), Saint Casimir (1458), Isidor Isaac Rabi (1898), Judah Loew ben Bezalel (1512), Ulrich Beck (1944), and Karl Hanke (1903).

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Among MUSICIANS In Poland

Among musicians born in Poland, Henryk Wieniawski ranks 3. Before him are Władysław Szpilman (1911), and Arthur Rubinstein (1887). After him are Wanda Landowska (1879), Henryk Szeryng (1918), Artur Schnabel (1882), Krystian Zimerman (1956), Carl Tausig (1841), Theodor Leschetizky (1830), Julie Guicciardi (1782), Josef Hofmann (1876), and Christoph Eschenbach (1940).

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